Hello all! Love the forum. I have a few Questions but ill try and be brief. First Im sure
you'll need some info so here it goes.My brother,
Dad, and I Have recently bought some land in west Alabama. Lets just say My dad had a friend with a dozier. This is what WE have done. http://www.421specialforces.com/421st_martin_pond.htm . Hope this link works. Didnt ask just did it. Water is fed from several underground springs and runnoff (some of wich I do believe is coming from neighbors gardens up the road). wich might be relivant. Dam was done by thanksgiving 2005. Lil bit of seepage but not a concern as i have around 50 gallons a min of water coming out of drain. pond wound up being by my best estamate 9/10 acrea, around 15ft deep out by the dam. After EXTENSIVE research this is what I have done. I added 2.5 tons af lime. and 300 lbs of bentonite to a small leak I had. I've had no soil or water samples. 2nd week of Feb 2006 I added 1000 bg and 1000 fat head minnows. Since then I've seen a Few nice size school of fathead minnow but no bream. Up to 2 weeks after introducing my fish I counted around 25 or 30 dead bream around the bank but that is all. 1st Question should I be concerned about my bream as I have seen none. I expected a few to die.
2nd question. I think Im seeing brown alge growing on stuff like my Drain pipe, debri in the pond like dying AND STILL STANDING trees and brush. We tried our best to clean out as much vegitation as posible but pond just filled up to fast. I have a gosh awfull lot of bugs, frogs, and beetles, you name it allready, IS this good? should I be concerned with what I THINK IS ALGE. Could it be mud cause pond is new?
3rd question. Water temp hit over 60 last week, allready 70 this week (slipped up on me). Should I start this fertilizer I got from the ppl I bought the fish from BECAUSE weather man says we still have colder temps in the long range forcast.
4th question. Should I go ahead and start feeding the aquamax fish food Ive been reading about in this forum. Thnx for any advice and sorry guys I took so long but Im so hiped about my new pond/heaven on earth, and I want it to be perfect for my tiger bass im getting in the summer. Thanks so much for your knowledge.